Tombstone Tuesday - R.C. and Safiner Fritts

According to his death certificate, Robert C. Fritts was the son of Peter Fritts and __ Williams. He married Miss Jasper S.S. Gregory 28 March 1871 in Crittenden County. Jasper S. Gregory was born in Crittenden County and was the daughter of J.D. Gregory, who was born in Tennessee. Safiner died 9 January 1929, according to her death certificate.﻿

I looked up the early Fritz family of Fairview and they are probably no relation at all to the Fritts family of the gravestones. In the early 1790s, John Fritz, a gunsmith from Germany, his wife Ruth, and eight children settled several miles northwest of Samuel Davis (first resident of Fairview and father of Jefferson Davis).

Thanks, Genevieve. According to one source, Woolrich Fritts/Fritz came from Germany to Philadelphia prior to 1738. From there they went to Virginia and then Rowan County, NC. I was incorrect, according to this source. The family did spell their name Fritz in Germany, VA and NC. In Kentucky, they favored the Fritts spelling. There are many descendants of the Kentucky Fritts family scattered across the country.